deblubber

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verb

To remove the blubber from a whale.

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Meanings

verbdeblubber (third-person singular simple present deblubbers, present participle deblubbering, simple past and past participle deblubbered)

present singular third person deblubbers · participle present deblubbering · participle past deblubbered · past deblubbered

  1. To remove the blubber from a whale.

    The Discovery Committee (for so it was called after the name of the first ship used) realised at the outset that it would not be sufficient to investigate the whales directly, i.e., by examining their anatomy whilst they were being deblubbered, etc., by the whalers.

    1947 June 22, The Sunday Times: Supplement, Perth, page 1, column 2

Origin

From de- + blubber.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

blubbered
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APA

deblubber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deblubber

MLA

“deblubber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deblubber. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deblubber,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deblubber.

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